1998 Cadillac Catera Owner's Manual - Page 162

RDS (1): With RDS off, pressthe RDS SELECT button, followed by this button to turnRDS on. The RDS display willturn on. You must have RDS on touse the new RDS functions. The RDS display will also turn on if one of the otherRDS function buttonshas been pressed on. If you aretuned to a station broadcasting RDS information, the station's letters andProgram call Type (PTY) will replace station's frequency on the the display. Afterfive seconds, the program type will be replaced on the display by the station's program type name. The program type and program type name may be the same or different. Press BAND to recallthe frequency and program type displays. If the radio is tuned to a station that not broadcasting RDS is information, the station's frequency will remain on the display. While RDS is on, the radio will search a for stronger stationin the network when a station gets too weak for listening. Pressthe RDS SELECT button, followed by this buttonagain to turnRDS off. All RDS functions willbe turned off. are available to you. When the region function is on, the radio only searches stations in the same network and for region. You can only use the region function whenRDS is already on. Press the RDS SELECT button.Then press and hold the RDS button for two seconds. REGION: ON will appear on the display. While REGION: ON appears onthe display, press the RDS button again to turn the region function off. REGION: OFF will appear on the display. region function can The be turned on again by pressing the button. RDS REGION: You can also usethe RDS button to access the region function. When an RDS station becomes weak, this function searchesfor a stronger station within the same network. A network can span a great distance. One network can have stations spread across a country or continent.Each network breaks down into regions. With regions, local news items like weather and traffic TA (2): Press the RDS SELECT button,followed by this button to receive traffic announcements.The radio will turn on the display. TP will appear on TA the display if the tuned station broadcasts traffic announcements. You may also receive traffic announcements from stations in the network related to the tuned station.If the current tuned station does not broadcast traffic announcements, the radio will to a seek station which does. When the radio finds a station wh broadcasts trafficannouncements, it will stop. no If station is found, NONE FOUND will appear on the display. WhenSEEK or SCAN is pressed with the traffic announcement function on, the radio will only stop at stations which broadcast traffic announcements. While a traffic announcement plays, the radio uses a special typeof volume called TA volume. To increase TA volume, turnthe PWRNOL knob to the right. 3-15